A man intending to kill his friend armed himself with a pistol and crouched behind some bushes overlooking a path on which his friend frequently jogged. On this morning, however, the man saw the friend jogging on another path about a half mile away. The man was not aware of the range of the pistol so he fired five shots at the friend. None of the five shots came anywhere close to the friend because he was well out of range.
The man is:
A. Guilty of attempted murder, if he was not aware of the limited range of his pistol.
B. Guilty of attempted murder, if a reasonable person would not have been aware of the limited range of his pistol.
C. Not guilty of attempted murder, or any lesser included offense, because, under the circumstances, it was impossible for him to have killed his friend.
D. Not guilty of attempted murder, but guilty of assault.
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